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Gretchen Rubin clearly did a LOT of research for her own benefit (and, of course, the benefit of the book) when embarking on her happiness project. Both from explicit references and the book's construction and her conclusions, it's clear that she's speaking from a learned place. We learn with her, and find out (or are reaffirmed in our knowledge that) it's hard to be an expert on happiness per se, and there are clues and gems of wisdom lying all about us. I listened to the audiobook version of this, and greatly prefer any author's own narration of his or her own work, but if I have one quibble with my experience with this book it's that it's clear at times that Ms. Rubin drifts off a bit and reads rote from her script, rather than "speaking to" us as she tells her story, as the best narrators do (and she frequently does).
